The Wild Reed

Thoughts & interests of a queer seeker of the Divine Presence;
of a “soul dancer,” seeking to embody with grace and verve
the mystico-prophetic spiritual tradition

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Tony Pentimalli on the Fallacy of the “Safe Political Center”

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D emocrats and Republicans have spent decades cultivating a political center that serves donors rather than voters. In the 1990s, Bill Clint...
Monday, November 17, 2025

Matthew Cooke on the Real “Mamdani Effect”

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Filmmaker and social commentator Matthew Cooke ’s recent video takes a look at the “real 'Mamdani Effect’.” It’s well worth checking out...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

Butch Ware on “Red & Blue vs Green Politics”

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Following is a great 10-minute interview with Butch Ware , Green Party candidate for California Governor. In this interview, Butch expla...
Saturday, November 15, 2025

Happy Birthday, Petula!

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It’s the 93rd birthday today of Petula Clark , the English singer, actress and composer whose career has spanned eight decades. Notes the...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

Kshama Sawant on the Democrats’ Shutdown Cave

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D emocrats are a dumpster fire of a party. Could it be any more obvious that they don’t give a damn about working and poor people? They’re...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Photo of the Day

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Related Off-site Links: In Vivid Red and Green, Stunning Aurora Display Sweeps Across Minnesota Skies – MPR News (November 12, 2023). F...

David Norton: “The Democratic Party Serves Capital, Not You”

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“. . . But the Tides Are Shifting” David Norton is a “reel creator” who posts his video commentaries on Facebook and and Tick Tock under ...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

50 Years On, Remembering “America’s Defining Shipwreck”

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– “ Every Man Knew ” by David Conklin (1995) Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald , an American...

“The Answer, Actually, Is Hope”

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Writes Riann Phillip in British Vogue : T he last few years have felt like end times. . . . [A]voidance is not the answer. Sorry to be c...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Robert Reich on the “Big Ugly Cave” by Senate Democrats

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E nough Senate Democrats caved last night to the Republicans that it looks likely that the shutdown will end – but without the Democrats ac...

Eddie Glaude: A “Radical Refusal” Is Happening

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Author and Princeton Professor of African American Studies Eddie Glaude Jr. recently shared a 20-minute video in which he provides an insig...
Saturday, November 08, 2025

Like Trees in November

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T hey’re very nice and kind . . . but I’ll tell you how they strike me. They all seem terribly sad. I can’t think why. . . . But they put ...
Thursday, November 06, 2025

Thank you, Omar!

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They may have won this race, but we have changed the narrative about what kind of city Minneapolis can be. Because now, truly affordable ho...
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Michael J. Bayly
Born and raised in Australia, I now reside in the U.S. where from 2003-2015 I served as the executive coordinator of the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM). During this time I also helped found both The Progressive Catholic Voice and the Catholic Coalition for Church Reform.

I established The Wild Reed in 2006 as a sign of solidarity with all who are dedicated to living lives of integrity – though, in particular, with gay people seeking to be true to both the gift of their sexuality and their Catholic faith. The Wild Reed's original by-line read, “Thoughts and reflections from a progressive, gay, Catholic perspective.” As you can see, it reads differently now. This is because my journey has, in many ways, taken me beyond, or perhaps better still, deeper into the realities that the words “progressive,” “gay,” and “Catholic” seek to describe.
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